“I think of you often. Especially in the evenings, when I am on the balcony and it’s too dark to write or to do anything but wait for the stars. A time I love. One feels half disembodied, sitting like a shadow at the door of one’s being while the dark tide rises. Then comes the moon, marvelously serene, and small stars, very merry for some reason of their own. It is so easy to forget, in a worldly life, to attend to these miracles.”
More from Katherine Mansfield
“I long to do wild, passionate things.”
“Do not think I am forgetful of you. You would not believe me if you knew how often you are…”
“…You do not know me, and when you do, you will hate me…”
“What I feel for you can’t be conveyed in phrasal combinations; It either screams out loud…”